TV Antenna Installation & Repair in Norlane, VIC 3214
Over-water signal paths and a local UHF repeater mean Norlane antennas are often pointed at the wrong site. We check with a meter and fix it.
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Norlane: across the bay or the local repeater?
Hills to the west and north of Norlane can shadow some streets from one site but not the other. Two houses a block apart may need antennas pointed in different directions.
Signal path from Norlane
- Main transmitter
- Mt Dandenong
- Distance & direction
- 92 km, bearing 72° (east-north-east)
- Band & polarisation
- VHF, horizontal
- Channels
- VHF 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 (plus UHF 32 for C31)
- Local repeater in reach
- Highton repeater (Geelong): 8.1 km at 207° (south-south-west), UHF horizontal, 4 kW
- What we usually fit
- A long-range high-gain VHF/UHF combination antenna on a tall, guyed mast, with a masthead amplifier only if the meter calls for one — or, where the Highton repeater meters cleaner, a UHF antenna mounted horizontally and aimed at it
Distances and bearings are calculated from the centre of Norlane; your roof may differ by a few degrees. Repeaters are low-power and directional, so we always confirm with a meter on site.
The signal's route to Norlane
Draw a line from Norlane toward Mt Dandenong at 72° and it crosses Brighton East, McKinnon, Murrumbeena, Oakleigh, Pinewood, Glen Waverley and Boronia before reaching the transmitter 92 km away.
The shorter path to the Highton repeater (8.1 km at 207°) runs over North Geelong, Bell Park, Herne Hill and Manifold Heights.
Practical tip: stand where your antenna is and face east-north-east. If you can see a big tree, a new two-storey house or a hill within a few hundred metres, that is the first suspect.
Norlane installs we do most
Two-storey infill around Norlane is blocking older single-storey homes' views toward east-north-east. A taller mast or a move to the other end of the roof usually restores the path.
Common Norlane call-outs
- Antenna aimed at the weaker of the two sites
- Builder antennas mounted low on new estates
- Over-water path fading in certain weather
How Norlane compares with its neighbours
- North Geelong — 2.0 km to the south, 0.9 km further from Mt Dandenong.
- Corio — 2.0 km to the north, 0.8 km closer to Mt Dandenong.
- Bell Park — 2.5 km to the south-west, 2.1 km further from Mt Dandenong.
- Bell Post Hill — 2.6 km to the west-south-west, 2.6 km further from Mt Dandenong.
Postcode 3214 also covers Corio and North Shore.
Norlane prices, upfront
Repairs in Norlane start from $98, with a fixed price agreed after we test and before we touch anything. The call-out is $0 when you go ahead. New antennas are quoted on the day — you save $120 on the install and get a 25-year warranty. Pensioner, seniors and DVA card holders get a discount on every job.
Norlane: quick answers
Should my Norlane antenna point across the bay or to the local repeater?
Mt Dandenong is 92 km away (VHF, horizontal); the Highton repeater is 8.1 km away (UHF, horizontal). The better choice varies by street. We meter both and fit an antenna built for the winner.
My antenna points the opposite way to my neighbour's — is one wrong?
Not necessarily. You may be on different sites. What matters is that the antenna type matches the site it points at.
Can you set up a business with several TVs?
Yes — distribution systems for cafés, clubs and offices, quoted at a fixed price.